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Taras Szmagala
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Pat Buchanan is off base here. Putin uses Christianity as a state propaganda tool. Sure, he talks a good game, but he, like so many Russian Tsars before him, co-ops the Russian Orthodox Church for his own ends. In contrast, note that the Ukrainian protesters on Maidan began every morning with a prayer -- led by both Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox clergy. Yes, Europe isn't perfect -- and perhaps Ukraine has something to offer Europe in terms of spiritualism. Putin surely doesn't.

A Day That Will Live in Glory

Pray for the Four Cardinals: Burke, Caffarra, Meiser and Brandmuller

“You are the ones who are happy; you who remain within the Church by your Faith, who hold firmly to the foundations of the Faith which has come down to you from Apostolic Tradition. And if an execrable jealousy has tried to shake it on a number of occasions, it has not succeeded. They are the ones who have broken away from it in the present crisis. No one, ever, will prevail against your Faith, beloved Brothers. And we believe that God will give us our churches back some day."